2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

2010 Bihar legislative assembly election
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All 243 seats in the Bihar Legislative Assembly
122 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout52.73%(Increase6.88)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Nitish Kumar Sushil Modi Rabri Devi
Party JD(U) BJP RJD
Alliance NDA NDA RJD+
Leader since 2005 2005 1997
Leader's seat MLC MLC Raghopur & Sonpur (both lost)
Last election 88 55 54
Seats won 115 91 22
Seat change Increase 27 Increase 36 Decrease 32
Popular vote 6,561,906 4,790,436 5,475,656
Percentage 22.58% 16.49% 18.84%
Swing Increase 2.12% Increase 0.84% Decrease 4.61%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Mehboob Ali Kaiser Ram Vilas Paswan
Party INC LJP
Alliance UPA RJD+
Leader since 2010 2000
Leader's seat Simri Bakhtiarpur
(lost) 		Did not contest
Last election 9 10
Seats won 4 3
Seat change Decrease 5 Decrease 7
Popular vote 2,431,477 1,957,232
Percentage 8.37% 6.74%
Swing Increase 2.28% Decrease 4.36%
Chief Ministers before election

Nitish Kumar
JD(U)

Elected Chief Ministers

Nitish Kumar
JD(U)

The Bihar legislative assembly election, 2010 was held in six phases over a period of one month starting from 21 October until 20 November in all 243 constituencies of Bihar, India.[1] The election is conducted to elect the government in Bihar for a five-year term. The votes were scheduled to be counted on 24 November.[2]

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  2. ^ "Schedule for General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar". IBN Live. 25 October 2010. Archived from the original on 13 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.